From LEX 12:48am

Dish/Sprint: a most anticipated blockbuster

Pedestrians walk by a Sprint store on April 15 2013 in San Francisco, California. Dish Network Corp has offered to purchase Sprint Nextel Corp for $25.5 billion in cash and stock. ©Getty

US satellite company should simply drop its (red) scare campaign

Alan G. Lafley ©Bloomberg From LEX 12:47am

P&G: best man for the job

Market signals its happiness with AG Lafley’s return

A woman holds an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. shopping bag in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Aeropostale, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and TJX Cos. reported July sales that missed analysts' estimates as consumers cut spending ahead of the back-to-school season. Abercrombie's July sales rose 7 percent, twice the pace of analysts' average projection. ©Bloomberg From LEX 12:42am

Abercrombie & Fitch: time to be cool again

Exclusivity has long been a key part of the US retailer’s strategy

From FINANCIALS 11:55pm

New role on the cards for Diamond

Ex-Barclays chief interested in Africa

Hulu acting CEO Andy Forssell attends the Hulu NY Upfront ©Getty From MEDIA 11:27pm

Hollywood insiders among Hulu suitors

Video service attracts interest from strategic buyers and private equity

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 11:18pm

Valeant nears $9bn Bausch & Lomb deal

Purchase of eyecare maker could be made in days

Alan G. Lafley ©Bloomberg From RETAIL & CONSUMER 11:18pm

P&G gambles on A.G. delivering the goods

Activists say company had lost its way under chief executive

From MEDIA 10:45pm

News Corp adopts ‘poison pill’ in split

Murdoch plan blocks potential takeover moves by rivals

A man walks in front of a share prices board in Tokyo on May 24 2013 ©Getty Global Market Overview 9:22pm

Volatile Tokyo instils global equity angst

Wall Street’s S&P 500 retreats from record

The Top Line from TECHNOLOGY 8:44pm

Direction to point finger of blame on tax

If companies are taxed inappropriately, only the legislators can be blamed

From TELECOMS 8:28pm

US senators raise flag over SoftBank’s Sprint bid

Security concerns cited by lawmakers

Week in Review from TECHNOLOGY 8:21pm

Week in Review, May 25

Tumblr founder rolls into the big time

From WORLD 8:00pm

Apple hearing unlikely to solve tax bind

Decades of bouts over corporate levies fail to yield best policy

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 7:27pm

Circus ringmaster of the investment world

Influencing big companies is becoming Bill Ackman’s trademark

Person in the news from COMMENT 7:23pm

Tim Cook: Apple’s quiet leader

A defence of the tech group’s tax affairs has boosted the chief’s profile, writes Tim Bradshaw

From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:44pm

Quality European shares still look cheap

Economically challenged periphery a base for some top-performing stocks

From WORLD 6:36pm

US bridge fall highlights funding gap

Dramatic illustration of weaknesses in transport network

Editorial from RETAIL & CONSUMER 5:54pm

Executive encores

P&G’s future hangs on succession as well as strategy

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 3:25pm

Wall St welcomes Lafley’s return to P&G

Shares rise 4% in response to departure of McDonald

From LEX 2:33pm

Letter from Lex: Abenomics rally tested

Topix index fell back sharply after rising by three-quarters since November

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